different between yourselves vs yourself

English

Alternative forms

• yerselves
• yoselves

Pronunciation

• (General American, strong) IPA^(key): /j???s?lvz/
• (General American, weak) IPA^(key): /j??s?lvz/
• (Received Pronunciation, strong) IPA^(key): /j???s?lvz/
• (Received Pronunciation, weak) IPA^(key): /j??s?lvz/
• Hyphenation: your?selves

Pronoun

yourselves (second person, the plural of yourself, the reflexive case of you)

1. You (plural), used as the object of a verb or preposition, referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned.

   You shouldn't blame yourselves.

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English

Etymology

Equivalent to your +? -self.

Alternative forms

• yerself
• yo'self
• yoself
• Yourself (honorific)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, strong) IPA^(key): /j???s?lf/
• (Received Pronunciation, strong) IPA^(key): /j??s?lf/
• (General American, strong) IPA^(key): /j???s?lf/
• (General American, weak) IPA^(key): /j??s?lf/
• Hyphenation: your?self
• Rhymes: -?lf

Pronoun

yourself (referring to the person being spoken to, previously mentioned, the reflexive case of you)

1. (reflexive) Your own self (singular).

   Be careful with that fire or you'll burn yourself.

2. You (singular); used emphatically, especially to indicate exclusiveness of the referent's participation in the predicate, i.e., that no one else is involved.

   You yourself know that what you wrote was wrong.

   After a good night's sleep you'll feel like yourself again.

Translations

Derived terms

• hello yourself, and see how you like it

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